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Anthoptini A. D. Warren 2009

Andrew V. Z. Brower and Andrew Warren
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Containing group: Hesperiinae

Introduction

Anthoptini is an entirely New World, mostly neotropical tribe of grass-feeding skippers.

Characteristics

Anthoptini is diagnosed on male genitalic characters: valvae stout, with an obvious division between the harpe and ampulla; harpe rounded on the ventral edge and with the distal end hooked and rough-textured or dentate; ampulla overlapping harpe; saccus short (A. D. Warren, in Warren et al. 2009).

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

The partially-resolved tree shown is based on the analysis of Warren et al. (2009).

References

Warren, A. D., Ogawa, J. R. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2008 Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiodea). Cladistics 24, 642-676.

Warren, A. D., Ogawa, J. R. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2009 Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology 34, 467-523.

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Scientific Name Synapte salenus
Location Orizaba, Mexico
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Salenus Faceted-skipper
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © Gill Carter
Scientific Name Anthoptus epictetus
Location Selva Negra Lodge, Nicaragua
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Trailside Skipper
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © 2003 Kim Garwood
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA


University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Andrew Warren. 2009. Anthoptini A. D. Warren 2009. Version 30 July 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Anthoptini/94929/2009.07.30 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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